My health recovery is incredibly fast.

When I practiced the [Poison Crystal] meditation method before, my vitality was only 16 points.

When all effects of [Emergency Hour] are triggered, the health regeneration rate is 14 points/hour.

The data for health recovery speeds of 15 points/hour and 14 points/hour are basically consistent.

However, normal people do not have the special ability of "immortality".

The barely condensed elemental toxic crystal means that one will age like Professor Kurov and be unable to recover for a long time.

This series of failed and painful experiments led the alchemy school to abandon its plan to enhance the body's regenerative abilities in order to forcibly practice the [Poison Crystal] meditation method.

Instead, they began to aggressively poach members from the Demon Hunter school, recruiting powerful mage servants.

This is what led to the rift between the two schools of thought.

After thinking for a while, Xia Zuo came to his senses and looked at his mentor.

Beside the desk.

Beatrice put away the metal box and took out an inverted triangular medicine bottle from the drawer.

The bottle contained a purple potion, its color evenly distributed. The elemental light was dim throughout, but some bright, thread-like rays were slowly flowing through it.

Beatrice gently shook the bottle to observe the condition of the medicine inside.

“Come on, let’s go to your dorm. After you drink this potion, you need to meditate deeply. This meditation will be very short; you’ll wake up in one night at most.”

“Yes, Professor.” Xia Zuo glanced at the potion bottle and followed his mentor out of the study.

...

Inside Xia Zuo's dormitory.

Beatrice did not use silver sand to cover the walls and doors this time.

She placed the medicine bottle on the desk, instructed Xia Zuo to lock the door and windows before drinking it, and then explained in a gentle tone:

"This medicine is called the Secret Poison Potion."

"It can help you absorb the effects of 60 basic toxins at once and construct a meditation alchemy platform in your mental ocean. After you drink it, all you need to do is enter deep meditation, and the elixir will complete the next steps."

Beatrice paused, then emphasized:

"Just like when you first practice the [Poison Crystal] meditation method, you must stop immediately once you feel a soreness in your soul."

"Yes, Professor." Xia Zuo nodded in response and watched his mentor leave.

He locked the door and closed the window, then cast a detection spell on the potion bottle on the table. The information he obtained was the same as what his mentor had described.

Xia Zuo took a bath, changed into a comfortable bathrobe, drank a whole bottle of secret medicine, and then took a calming potion.

After lying on the bed for a few seconds, he successfully entered a deep meditation.

The gray walls are covered with patterns.

On the pattern representing the quality of "acceptance", a purple mist surged out and instantly spread throughout the narrow spiritual ocean.

The purple mist churned incessantly, yet it did not affect the slowly drifting, docile elements, nor the quietly floating, highly toxic elemental crystals.

Xia Zuo felt a strange sensation in his soul, a sensation that was neither pain nor pleasure, but rather a slight itch.

The health regeneration speed is so high that the amount of health loss from the poison is completely negligible...

The purple mist contracted as it surged, gradually solidifying into clear stripes and geometric patterns.

Finally, the purple mist suddenly contracted, bursting forth with a bright light.

After the light faded, a familiar pattern appeared before my eyes:

Four-pointed star formation!

The bright purple border outlines the overall diamond-shaped formation.

There is a perfect circle at each of the four corners of the rhombus.

Within the four perfect circles (top, bottom, left, and right), lies the combined toxicity of four basic toxins. Floating within each circle are 15 tiny points of light, each corresponding to the toxicity of one of the basic toxins.

On the four sides of the rhombus, near the middle of the line segment, there are four squares.

Inside the square, the corresponding alchemical instruments are marked with symbolic alchemical language: furnace, condensation stove, clear water pool, and crucible.

Abstract shapes of stars and the moon adorn the blank spaces of the rhombus.

This four-pointed star array is the meditation alchemy platform that Beatrice mentioned!

It can be controlled by a soul, drifting to a designated location and becoming fixed there.

You can also focus your attention on the small dot representing the basic toxin's toxic effects to see the specific details of those effects.

As for the star and moon figures...

Xia Zuo tried to contact them with his consciousness, and suddenly marveled at the unfathomable depth of Lady Xingye's meditation and alchemy skills.

The moon symbol turned out to be the switch for an alchemical device.

The four moons each control one of the four symbolic alchemical machines. A full moon represents the machine being used, while a crescent moon represents the machine being used up or no longer in use.

There are two kinds of stars next to the alchemical equipment.

One type is a solid four-pointed star. It is a rotary knob for adjusting the settings and controlling the heat. By simply moving the star with one's mind, one can freely adjust adjacent alchemical instruments.

Another type is a hollow four-pointed star of varying sizes.

The smallest hollow four-pointed star corresponds to an alchemy operation time of 10 seconds.

The larger size corresponds to an alchemy operation time of 1 minute.

The largest size corresponds to an alchemy operation time of 10 minutes.

For example, when exploring a certain compound toxin, the water needs to be evaporated over low heat, which is expected to take 10 minutes.

In nature, this step would require physically stirring the crucible.

But in the ocean of the mind, it's not so complicated.

Simply place the small, poisonous dot into the symbolic crucible. Then place the largest hollow four-pointed star, representing 10 minutes of alchemical operation time, inside. Next, rotate the solid four-pointed star 90 degrees clockwise. Press the switch to turn the crescent moon on the side into a full moon.

The full moon will immediately turn into a crescent moon, signifying the end of the alchemical process.

Inside the symbolic crucible, two small, toxic dots of light merge together. By touching them with one's mind, one can discern the approximate effects of the combined toxin.

With a few more attempts in nature, this compound toxin can be produced.

Using a meditation alchemy table to deduce complex toxins has two distinct advantages.

It can conserve a significant amount of basic toxins.

Shazo had inquired with Kulov about the cost of the basic toxin.

Examples include gingerol and calomel, which are used to make black eye poison.

The cost of ginger extract is about 30 silver dollars per bottle. The price of calomel is roughly the same.

For the well-funded alchemical school, cost is secondary. By simply raising the selling price of functional potions, the cost of these basic toxins can be easily amortized.

The main problem is inventory.

Functional drugs have a large sales volume.

Approximately 40% of the functional potions require products of poison alchemy, with no substitutes. Consequently, the demand for basic toxins is very high.

The basic toxins saved by using the meditation alchemy table to deduce complex toxins can amount to a huge sum of money!

not to mention…

With the meditation alchemy table, the poison alchemists had no reason to sleep anymore…

They had to work around the clock, studying poisons day and night. The speed of concocting poisons using a meditative alchemy table was also faster than using a physical alchemy table.

It instantly boosted research capabilities by at least 1%!

Awesome!

Xia Zuo opened his eyes, lay on the bed staring blankly at the curtains, and after a while of random thoughts, he read the message sent by his cheat system.

"Host has successfully ingested the poisonous elixir. Character template updated, new special ability added: [Meditation Alchemy Platform]".

..

【血量】90/90（轻微中毒1号·1层、轻微中毒2号）

[Mild Poisoning No. 1] (omitted)

【Mild Poisoning No. 2】

This negative effect is caused by the Meditation Alchemy Table within the Ocean of Spirit, reducing maximum health by 10 points and health regeneration rate by 2 points per hour. Using the Meditation Alchemy Table further reduces health regeneration rate by an additional 3 points per hour.

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

15 points/hour

【Spirit】

[Spirit Gauge] 1.5 + 4 → 5.5/68

The meditation alchemy table occupies 4 slots.

[Characteristics]

The Meditation Alchemy Platform allows you to deduce the approximate toxic effects of complex toxins during deep meditation.

..

Xia Zuo sat up in bed, glanced at the clock on the wall, quickly washed up, and then hurried to the castle hall.

Chapter 14 Future Plans

Today is Sunday, no school.

It is 6:50 a.m.

As usual, Anru waited in the lobby for her boyfriend to have breakfast together.

Xia Zuo, who arrived late, gave her a big hug. "I've been promoted to expert-level poison alchemist."